TRAINING OF TEACHERS IN CLASSICAL UNIVERSITIES: REALITIES OF TODAY

The article focuses on the role of classical universities in the development of education and training of teachers; some issues of their historicalprogress and economic, socio-cultural influences on the state of functioning are revealed. The importance of classical universities in the training ofhighly qualified, competitive in the modern labor market specialists with higher education is highlighted. The peculiarity of training scientific andscientific-pedagogical workers at the third (educational-scientific) level of higher pedagogical education in accordance with the international,European requirements for doctors of philosophy is indicated. Emphasis is placed on the importance in today's conditions of taking into account theprevious experience of teacher training in classical universities; applying a competency-based approach to working with students preparing tobecome teachers. It is proved that an important component of professional training of pedagogical and scientific-pedagogical staff in the classicaluniversity is the innovative activity of the teacher; assistant pedagogical practice regulated by the curriculum. The importance of distance learningin the training of teachers is substantiated, the advantage of which is internationality: the possibility of receiving education without leaving theircountry and providing educational services to foreign citizens who are abroad; introduction of e-learning, which is a necessary condition forconducting not only distance learning, but also blended learning, which is a combination of academic and innovative learning, interactive and elearning. The importance of scientific and methodological system, synthesis of formal and non-formal (distance education), implementation of newtools and approaches to improve the quality of teaching is argued; constant updating of the content of educational disciplines and formation of thesystem of knowledge "soft skills", skills of research work, etc.